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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1833

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Lunar month 328Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 26, 1833

Lunar 一八三三年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1833-05-21

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1833-05-26

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1833-06-06

    In 11 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1833-06-22

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初八

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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